Salem al-Hazmi
Salem al-Hazmi | |
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سالم الحازمي | |
9/11 attacks | |
Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Relatives | Nawaf al-Hazmi (brother) |
Salem Muhammed al-Hazmi (
Al-Hazmi had a relatively long history with al-Qaeda before being selected for the attacks. He obtained a tourist visa through the Visa Express program and arrived in the United States in June 2001 where he would settle in New Jersey with other American 77 hijackers up until the attacks.
On 11 September 2001, al-Hazmi boarded Flight 77 alongside four accomplices, his older brother Nawaf al-Hazmi included. He helped subdue the passengers and crew, allowing the team's suicide pilot Hani Hanjour to take control of the plane. Al-Hazmi had only turned 20 that same year, making him the youngest of the nineteen terrorists to partake in the attacks.
Biography
Salem Muhammed al-Hazmi was born on 2 February 1981, to Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi, a grocer, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. His father described Salem as a quarrelsome teenager who had problems with alcohol and petty theft. However, he stopped drinking and began to attend the mosque about three months before he left his family.[1]
There are reports that he fought in Afghanistan with his brother, Nawaf al-Hazmi, and other reports say the two fought together in Chechnya. Salem al-Hazmi was an al-Qaeda veteran by the time he was selected for participation in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. intelligence learned of al-Hazmi's involvement with al-Qaeda as early as 1999, but he was not placed on any watchlists.[2]
Known as Bilal during the preparations,[3] both he and Ahmed al-Ghamdi flew to Beirut in November 2000, though on separate flights.
Along with
In the United States
According to the
Al-Hazmi moved to Paterson, New Jersey, where he lived with Hani Hanjour. Both were among the five hijackers who applied for Virginia identity cards at the Arlington office of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles on 2 August 2001, although Salem al-Hazmi already held an NJ identity card.
On 27 August, brothers Nawaf and Salem al-Hazmi purchased flight tickets through Travelocity.com using the former's Visa card.[5]
With the four other Flight 77 hijackers, he worked out at a Gold's Gym in Greenbelt, Maryland, from 2 to 6 September of the same year.
Attacks
On 11 September 2001, al-Hazmi boarded
The flight was scheduled to depart at 08:10, but ended up departing 10 minutes late from Gate D26 at Dulles. The last normal radio communications from the aircraft to
Mistaken identity allegations
Shortly after the attacks, several sources reported that Salem al-Hazmi, 26, was alive and working at a petrochemical plant in Yanbu,
After some confusion and doubt
In popular culture
- Yemeni-Canadian actor Sam Al Esai portrayed Salem al-Hazmi in the Canadian TV series Mayday Season 16: Episode 2 (2016) called "9/11: The Pentagon Attack" and Air Crash Investigation Special Report Season 2: Episode 1 (2019) called "Headline News".[16]
See also
References
- ^ "The 9/11 Commission Report" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ John J. Lumpkin (22 July 2004). "Salem al-Hazmi". Globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Videotape of recorded will of Abdulaziz al-Omari and others
- ^ Joe Conger (10 January 2001). "2 hijackers identified as former S.A. residents". mysanantonio.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2003.
At least five sources tell KENS 5, two of the men, Satam M.A. Al Suqami and Salem Alhazmi, lived at the Spanish Trace Apartments on the North Side earlier this year
- ^ "Statement of Robert S. Mueller: Joint Investigation Into September 11: (published September 26, 2002)". Fas.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived October 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gregor, Joseph A. (21 December 2001). "ATC Report American Airlines Flight 77" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ O'Callaghan, John; Bower, Daniel (13 February 2002). "Study of Autopilot, Navigation Equipment, and Fuel Consumption Activity Based on United Airlines Flight 93 and American Airlines Flight 77 Digital Flight Data Recorder Information" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ Johnson, Glen (23 November 2001). "Probe reconstructs horror, calculated attacks on planes". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "American Airlines Flight 77 FDR Report" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 31 January 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Remains Of 9 Sept. 11 Hijackers Held". CBS News. 17 August 2002. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- PMID 26256813. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- ^ Nick Hopkins (21 September 2001). "False identities mislead FBI". The Guardian.
He said yesterday he had not left Saudi Arabia for two years
- ^ Dan Eggen; George Lardner Jr.; Susan Schmidt (20 September 2001). "Some Hijackers' Identities Uncertain". Washington Post.
His picture was published yesterday in a Saudi newspaper, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, alongside that of the man the Saudis believe to be the dead terrorist, Badr Alhazmi
[dead link] - ^ "Official: 15 of 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudi". USA Today. 6 February 2002.
- ^ "Air Crash Investigation" 9/11: The Pentagon Attack (TV Episode 2018), retrieved 19 January 2024